Bed-spring hanger.



W. B. FOSTER.

BED SPRING HANGER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 19. 1915.

Patented May 1, 1917.

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WILLIAM B. FOSTER, OF UTICA, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR T0 FOSTER BROTHERS MANU- FACTURING COMPANY, OF UTICA, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION.

BED-SPRING HANGER.

Application filed August 19, 1915.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, WILLIAM B. FOSTER, of Utica, in the county of Oneida and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bed-Spring Hangers;'and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the reference-numerals marked thereon, which form part of this specification.

My present invention relates to devices commonly called hangers which are used to hang or suspend a bed spring within a bedstead.

The purpose of my present invention is to provide an improved device of the character described and one which is simple in construction and operation and well adapted to perform the work required.

A further purpose of my invention is to provide a bed spring hanger of such construction that it may be applied to the ordinary bed spring without the use of additional parts or fastening means.

A still further purpose is to provide a hanger of such construction that when the bed spring is not in use the hangers may be swung back beneath and, in fact, substantially into the bed spring.

Another purpose of this invention is to provide a hanger which has ready and convenient means for supporting the hangers in operative position while the bed spring is being placed upon the bedstead and before the hangers come into engagement with the bedstead; and furthermore to provide a hanger which will automatically lock itself in operative position when once raised to such operative or raised position and yet which will not interfere with the hanger at once engaging the bedstead.

Another object of this invention is to provide a hanger which shall combine in a practical form and in one piece a hanger adapted to automatically lock itself in raised position and yet admit of being readily swung beneath the bed spring and substantially housed therewithin.

Further objects and advantages of my invention will appear from the specifica tion and claim herein.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a hanger Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 1, 1917.

SerialNo. 46,353.

embodying my invention with the parts in assembled and operative position, the said side view being taken transversely of the edge members of the bed spring and bedstead.

Fig. 2 is a side view of the same parts as v ewed from outside the, bedstead, a section of the bedstead being broken away to more clearly show the construction.

Fig. 3 is a top or plan view of the said parts.

Fig. 4: is a side view similar to Fig. 1 but with the hanger in the position it occupies when locked in upper position and before 1t comes into engagement with the bedstead.

Fig. 5 is a longitudinally sectional view of the hanger.

Referring to the drawings in a more particular description, there is shown one o the edge members 7 of a bedstead being either one of the side rails or the head or foot rail of the bedstead and of the usual angle-iron shape upon the upper web 7 of which rests the upper end 8 of the hook or hanger 9, the lower end 10 of which supports the bed spring composed of edge members 11 and intermediately arranged crosspieces 12 and coil or other equivalent springs 13.

The bed spring is here shown as commonly constructed with angle-iron edge members 11 to the horizontal web 11 of which is secured as by rivets 14: the horizontal web 12 of the cross-pieces 12, a section of the vertical web 12 being cut away for a short distance to enable the horizontal web 12 to over-lap On to the edge member of the bed spring The springs 13 may be mounted upon the bed spring framework in any suitable way as by the springs 13 resting upon the horizontal web 12 of the crosspieces, the edge springs such as shown in the drawing being secured to the edge of the framework by having its lower coil at its outer side pass beneath the horizontal web 12 of the cross-piece and above the horizontal web of the edge member 11 and further held in place by a thin strip 15 extending along the edge piece 11.

The hanger 9 is roughly Z-shaped as seen from the side, in that it is composed of a shank portion 16 while its upper end 8 extends outwardly in one direction or to the left, as illustrated in Figs. 1, 4 and 5, while the lower end 10 of the hanger extends in the other direction or inwardly or to the right, as seen in said Figs. 1,4 and 5. The extreme end of the lower portion or end 10 of the hanger is turned upwardly forming a hook 17. The hanger through practically the length of the shank 16 and through the lower end 10 and almost to the end of the up-turned hook 17, is provided with a slot 18 extending longitudinally of the hanger and practically cutting the lower part of the hanger into two pieces, the outer or lower ends of which are connected by the bridge portion 19, and by means of this slot the hanger 9 is loosely mounted upon the cross piece 12 The bridge portion is is above the crosspiece 12 and from that point the hanger, assuming it to be in operative position as shown in Fig. 1, passes downwardly past the cross-piece 12 within the edge member 11, then the lower end 10, really as two separate parts or branches, passes outwardly directly beneath the edge piece 11 and in contact therewith, while the shank 16 rises directly outside of the edge member 11 and between said edge member and the adjacent portion 7 of the bedstead, while the up per end 8 projects outwardly as a hook resting upon the horizontal web 7 of the bedstead.

It will be understood that the slotted hanger 9 is thus mounted or looped about the cross-piece of the bed spring before the said cross-piece 12 is finally secured to the edge member 11 of the bed spring.

It will now be seen that as far as the hanger so far described is concerned the bed spring will be securely and non-swingingly suspended from the bedstead and that the hangers of which any desired number may be used, preferably two on each side of the bed spring, are permanently connected to the bed spring so that they cannot be lost and yet may be swung downwardly beneath the bed spring and substantially housed within the bed spring for storage or packing purposes, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 4. The edge members 11 and crosspieces 12 of the bed spring frame being a common construction for bed springs, these hangers may be used with a great majority of bed springs without modification or with slight modification of form and proportion to enable them to be used with special sizes of the edge members or cross-pieces.

It will be noted particularly that no extra part is used to connect the hanger to the bed spring, but that the hanger is simply looped onto the cross-piece before the bed spring frame is assembled and that the hanger may be readily formed in desired shape as in one piece as by casting the same in the desired shape and with the slot 18.

In order to admit of the bed spring being conveniently hung upon the bedstead, means are provided to hold the hangers in raised position when once brought to this position and before the bed spring is rested down upon the bedstead. This means consists of an inwardly projecting finger or fingers 20 provided upon the shank 16 of the hanger slightly above the upper edge of the vertical web 11 of the edge members 11 of the bed spring. As the hanger is swung to upward position with the bridge 19 as its pivot upon the cross-piece 12, the finger 20 passes just over the upper edge of the vertical web 11", but as the operator releases his hold upon the hanger, the hanger moves or is moved slightly inwardly so that as the outer or free end of the hanger starts to fall back the finger or fingers 2O engage the upper edge of the vertical web 11 and prevent further swinging movement of the hanger and hold it substantially in upward position, as shown in Fig. 1. When all the hangers have been brought to and detachably locked in this position, the bed spring may be readily placed and hung upon the bedstead by one person as the hangers will remain in this position until they are severally engaged by the member 7 of the bedstead. Upon engaging the members 7, the hangers are swung to their extreme upward position, as shown in Fig. 1. Upon the bed spring being removed from the bedstead the hangers are readily detached from their upward locked position by moving the hangers outward as far as possible upon the cross-pieces 12 whereupon the fingers 20 will clear the upper edge of the vertical web 11 and allow the hangers to be swung down past the edge members 11 while the long slot 18 will allow the end 10 and a large part of the shank 16 to pass upward into the space occupied by the springs 13, as plainly shown in dotted lines in Fig. 4:. In this position the hangers, of course, are still straddling cross-pieces 12 and the hangers are out of the way sufficiently for purposes of storing or packing.

It will be obvious that various modifications may be made from the form of the device herein illustrated without departing from the spirit of my invention.

The hangers 9 when in operative position as shown in Fig. 1 support the bed spring upon the bedstead in 'non-swingable relation because the hangers upon each side of the bed spring prevent the bed spring swinging toward that side of the bedstead. It will be obvious that the hangers at the left of the bed spring being in the position shown in Fig. 1 cannot swing any farther up and over the edge-member 11 of the bed spring frame because the bridge 19 engages the upper surface of cross piece 12 and the lower portion or end. 10 of the hanger engages the lower surface of the horizontal web 11 of the edge-member l1 and therefore the upwardly extending shank 16 of the hanger bearing against the inner edge of the horizontal web 7 of the bedsteadmember 7 prevents the bed spring swinging any farther to the left. In a similar way the hangers 9 on the right hand side of the bedstead being oppositely arranged will prevent the bedstead from swinging to the right.

lVhat I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

In a bed, the combination of a bedstead, a bed spring adapted to be hung within the bedstead and having a frame including edge-members, hangers pivotally secured at their lower ends to said frame and provided with shanks extending upwardly beside the said edge-members of the frame and at their upper ends provided-with bedstead-engaging hooks and fingers on said shanks extending over the upper edge of said edgemembers and adapted to detachably engage the same when the hangers are swung upwardly and hold said hangers in upward position.

In witness whereof I have affixed my signature, in the presence of two witnesses, this 30th day of July, 1915.

WILLIAM B. FOSTER.

Witnesses:

O. D. PHILLIPS, S. E. HooKs.

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